Faux Hawk Family...

As promised, here are some pictures of my clean-cut guys! All three of them were looking scraggly and now they look so much better! Huge thanks to Ellie for the haircuts!

Here's the fun one; we decided to faux hawk them all for a quick pic! See how thrilled they looked! Oh well, at least they're good sports!

Faux Hawk Flair!

Lukas, Bob and Ben all went to get their cut yesterday (long overdue, I might add). This is Lukas minus about 5 pounds of hair! He looks so cute! Unfortunately, I wasn't able to catch Ben or Bob before they left this morning so I'll post those later!

A Little Family Time...

While my parents were here, we were invited to have Thanksgiving dinner with my Dad's cousin, Dianne and her husband Fred, his aunt, Verdella and her husband Earl, Don and Kathy (also my Dad's cousins) and their children. I've only met Verdella at my wedding and I've never met the rest of the family so this was a great day! The food was amazing (and I didn't have to make any of it!) I was privileged to enjoy my great-aunt's famous apple pie. It was wonderful to meet these family members I heard so much about and I hope we'll be seeing more of them in the future! Thanks for a memorable Thanksgiving!

Fred and Kailyn

Earl, Dallas, Dianne and Verdella

The Narcissistic Wall of US!

We have a very SMALL living room. That being said, we also come from very LARGE families. We were trying to decide where to hang our all our family pictures...and since we couldn't decide who's family to put in the other room, we put them all up together. It could be a little overwhelming when you come in our front door but, this is our family and we love them!

We put my family the right and Bob's on the left. We put our parents on the top, then all the kids, a mixed group of pictures and a whole family picture. Again, I know it's a little overwhelming but I think it looks good! Unfortunately, because of the placement of our window, I couldn't get a clear picture.

Field Trip - Westminster Pond

Today, I went with Lukas and his Junior Kindergarten class to Westminster Pond, a conservation area. The class was able to explore the trails outdoors and then move inside to work at play stations with bugs, animals and insects. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves but they were REALLY tired on the bus ride back to the school.

Lukas checking out the "life of a frog"

Lukas looking through a microscope.

Halloween Preview...

Halloween is Bob's favorite holiday--he loves to dress up, go to parties, decorate the house and carve pumpkins. Today, we had the Sister Missionaries over for dinner and Family Home Evening. Bob decided to carve the pumpkins tonight which was really wonderful because one of the sisters is from China and has never carved a pumpkin before!! Bob was in his glory teaching them how to carve pumpkins and going over the history of Halloween. We had a great night!

Bob's two-headed creation...

Kailyn Art...

Here's a new picture from Kailyn. She is very creative--I never know what she'll come up with next! She loves to draw and color whenever she gets a chance. Last night, she couldn't sleep so she stayed up coloring a Princess Aurora picture.

Year of Color?

This is not a Year of Color picture (even though I should be taking some to catch up with everyone). These are my favorite shoes. My sister, Kati, and I have been looking for beads to match my shoes for months! This week, while I was working on another project, I found some!! This is my new necklace with my favorite shoes!!

Niagara Falls

Today we ventured out to do some sightseeing at Niagara Falls. Christa loved the name, of course, because it sounds like Viagra. The drive out was beautiful and so was the weather. We were all soaked from the mist coming off the falls but it was amazing to see. Here's a few pictures from the day.

Grandpa, Kailyn, Bob, Ben, Lukas, Christa & Zoe

Christa & Cheryl

Christa & Zoe

Cheryl, Kailyn, Lukas & Bob

Mom & Dad

Wiped out at the end of the day...